Polling for the third and final phase of the Assam Assembly Elections began at 7 AM on Tuesday.
The third phase of the Assam Assembly Election will decide the fate of 337 candidates including Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, BJP President Ranjeet Kumar Dass.
Voting is taking place at 40 constituencies spread over 12 districts.
In several polling stations, the first voter and senior citizens were greeted with a ‘gamosa’.
Image credit: Indrajit Das
Elections are being held amid tight security as 320 companies of security forces were deployed in the third phase, the highest among all the phases. A total of 45,604 polling personnel have been deployed for this phase.
A total of 79,19,641 voters: 40,11,539 men,39,07,963 women and 139 of the third gender are entitled to exercise their democratic right in 11,401 polling stations.
আজি যিহেতু অসমৰ তৃতীয় তথা অন্তিম পৰ্যায়ৰ নিৰ্বাচন আৰম্ভ হৈছে, আজি ভোটগ্ৰহণ হ’বলগীয়া আসনসমূহৰ বাবে বৃহৎ সংখ্যাত ভোটদান কৰিবলৈ মই আটাইকে অনুৰোধ জনাইছো।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 6, 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the voters to cast their votes in the poll-bound states in record numbers.
Elections are taking place in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. I request the people in these places to vote in record numbers, particularly the young voters.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 6, 2021
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